Researchers at Duke Medicine University have discovered that the risk of disease due to obesity can be passed on from a father to his children, according to a new study published in the journal BMC Medicine. The researchers analyzed DNA samples from the umbilical cord blood leukocytes of 79 newborns that were born to mothers who had enrolled in the Newborn Epigenetics Study (NEST). The researchers found that the DNA methylation at the IGF2 gene of the ...Friday, 8 February 2013
Obese Fathers may Pass on Disease Risk to Offspring
Researchers at Duke Medicine University have discovered that the risk of disease due to obesity can be passed on from a father to his children, according to a new study published in the journal BMC Medicine. The researchers analyzed DNA samples from the umbilical cord blood leukocytes of 79 newborns that were born to mothers who had enrolled in the Newborn Epigenetics Study (NEST). The researchers found that the DNA methylation at the IGF2 gene of the ...
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